Join
members of the creative team for a pre-show talk where they will share insights
into this new production of Blond Eckbert: Double Bill.
Hear from
ETO’s Autumn 2024 company about bringing the upcoming tour to life – find out
more about English Touring Opera, this season’s creative process, what you can
expect from the evening’s performance. Bring along your questions – there will
also be a short Q&A to conclude the talk!
Judith
Weir’s Blond Eckbert is a haunting tale of isolation and guilt, based on
a supernatural short story by the Romantic author Ludwig Tieck and presented in
a new co-production with Britten Pears Arts.
Blond Eckbert is performed alongside Do not take my
story for a fairytale, a staging of song cycles and cantatas exploring
love, isolation and the terrible wonder of the natural world. Featuring music
from the same period that Ludwig Tieck’s story, Der Blonde Eckbert, was
written, including Schubert's Prometheus and Beethoven's An die ferne
Gelibte and a cantata by Mariana Martines, Do not take my story for a
fairytale explores the shaping of the Romantic imagination.
